Bocke

Hauptstraße 7

66887 Jettenbach

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In 1914 Emil Bock demolished a house built in 1859 and built his residence in the then-modern style of musicians' houses. As a barber, he not only shaved beards and gave new haircuts - he also pulled teeth and treated patients from the surrounding villages in his practice.

Viehwaage

Honiggasse 16

66887 Jettenbach

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This tiny house was built in 1962 for the cattle scale, already purchased in 1929. In 1997 it was used for the last time.

Friedhof

Honiggasse

66887 Jettenbach

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The first funeral took place here on June 12, 1871. Since then, the cemetery has been expanded constantly. In 1966 and 1967 the cemetery hall was built, which was extended in 2000 and 2001.

Keramik-Wandrelief

Honiggasse

66887 Jettenbach

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In 2001, the artist couple (XX first name) and (first name) Gaydosch created the wall relief "The last greeting" in the cemetery hall from hand-modeled, double-fired, and glazed pieces of clay. The idea behind it is the depiction of the inseparable unity of life and death. The part on the right is colorful and turbulent like life: A mourning family with a wreath stands for the pain of parting. This part is more restless than the left one, which is close to the place where the dead person was laid to rest and appears much calmer. The soaring bird above the open bible represents the soul. The organ pipes composed into it were previously in the church organ and symbolize organ music.

Course: Rothselberg - Eßweiler - Jettenbach

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Distance: 15.3 km

Ascent: 477 m

Descent: 477 m

Die Schließ

Bachstraße

66887 Jettenbach

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The "Schließ" was already mentioned in 1821: Here, the water of the brook was dammed with a weir: The amount of water was supposed to serve as extinguishing water in case of fire. For decades, women from Jettenbach met at the "Schließ" to wash their clothes and used the washing benches installed in 1841. It was not until 1909 that the village had its own water supply system. Before that, many houses had their own wells.

Drei Musikantenhäuser

Hauptstraße 12

66887 Jettenbach

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Left house: The house of musician Karl Wirth was built in 1903 in the Australian farmhouse style. His brother-in-law and neighbor Jakob Krackehl brought the building plan from Australia in a violin case. From 1951, the Jettenbach midwife Ernestine Walter lived there and opened a restaurant "Zum Storchenescht". Middle house: "Brickeperersch" - the name originates from "Peter an der Brücke" (Peter at the bridge), the parents’ house of Wilhelmine Krackehl. She built the house with a transverse gable in 1901 with her husband Jakob. Right house: Karl Schneider built the musicians' house in 1910.

Es Schlössje

Triftstraße 1

66887 Jettenbach

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The Art Nouveau villa towering over the church was built in 1901 by the three Leonhard brothers:

• Franz was a farmer,

• Jakob became director of the Kammgarn spinning mill in Kaiserslautern and an honorary citizen of Jettenbach,

• Ludwig invented smokeless gunpowder.

Faulfritze

Austraße 13-1

66887 Jettenbach

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Master carpenter Friedrich Faul built his half-timbered house in 1904. Later he added the domestic wing with a workshop. The building was renovated from 2018 to 2020.

Milchheisje

Hauptstraße 58

66887 Jettenbach

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The milk was collected here. At that time the Glan-Donnersberger was the most popular breed of cattle. And the construction made dairy cattle farming more popular. Previously, "butter women" sold the butter and eggs of the farmers in Kaiserslautern at the market. The women became unemployed because the farmers started delivering the milk to the cooperative.

Hedches

Hauptstraße 66

66887 Jettenbach

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The Musicians' House, built in 1904, has the characteristic transverse gable, also known as the "Frontspitz": with an attached weathervane, a lyre as a symbol of the wandering musicians, and the year of construction. Window and door frames and the cornerstones on the sides of the gable are also typical of this period. The name "Hedches" comes from Hedwig Wendel, born Wenz, who built the house with her husband Charles IV and was called "Hedchegoht".

Hertels

Honiggasse

66887 Jettenbach

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The West Palatinate Quereinhaus from 1740 has a solid ground floor and an upper floor in visible half-timbering with a richly decorated bay window. The barn, added in 1776, has a baroque archway and a rear part of the stable. Ernst Rupp ran a cooperage here for around 50 years. A stone fruit mill and a wine press are memorabilia.

Course: Ulmet - Jettenbach - Kollweiler - Schwedelbach

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Distance: 23 km 

Duration: 6:15 hours

Ascent: 453 m

Descent: 377 m

Hofhannesse

Klausstraße 9

66887 Jettenbach

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Johannes Wenz "the Fourth" traveled the world as a wandering musician for about 25 years: After he came as far as Australia and Brazil in 1891, he had earned the needed money by traveling through Russia to build a house in 1899.

Stundenstein

Hauptstraße 54

66887 Jettenbach

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This is the last preserved hour stone on the road between Kaiserslautern and Kusel. This road marker was built around 1830 and showed the time from/to Kusel and Kaiserslautern. From 1843, the country road was expanded.

Haus der Vereine

Hauptstraße

66887 Jettenbach

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In 1892 and 1893 the shepherds' houses of the cattle and pig herders had to make way for the Protestant schoolhouse with two classrooms and two teachers' apartments. The school was used until the construction of the elementary school in Austraße in 2002 and is now a house for the local associations.

The first school building with a teaching hall and a teacher's apartment was built ten years earlier, from 1881 to 1882, and the middle school was taught in it until it was demolished in 1971. In the schoolyard of the two houses, the Luitpold linden tree was allowed to grow.

Eiskeller

Hohlweg 1

66887 Jettenbach

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The Kohl Brewery and Inn, later called Braun, built a beer and ice warehouse here around 1857. In 2019, photos were taken of the interior for an exhibition. The gallery first runs straight into the mountain and then turns right.

Luitpoldlinde

Höhstraße 2

66887 Jettenbach

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On March 12, 1891 - the 70th birthday of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria - the warriors' association planted this linden tree to the right of the road at the exit to Bosenbach. Since the owner of the private property refused it, the tree was relocated to the cemetery. The inhabitants of Jettenbach did not like this location either. The linden tree was moved for the second time and found a place to grow here which has provided shade for many students.

Marktplatz

Bachstraße

66887 Jettenbach

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In 1936, the community bought the beer garden with the bowling alley of the Braun inn. After that, the square was used for livestock markets. On the third weekend of August, the people of Jettenbach celebrate the annual fun fair here.

Denkmal

Hauptstraße 42

66887 Jettenbach

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On this place stood the first schoolhouse used in the 17th and 18th centuries, which was later converted into a fire engine house and used as a "hearse garage" from 1909 to 1955. In 1955, a memorial was created for the 28 soldiers killed in the World War I and the 83 soldiers missing or killed in World War II. Since then, every year on National Day of Mourning - two Sundays before the First Sunday of Advent - a speech and service are held to remember the victims of violence and war of all nations.